Harini Calamur's Writings
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This piece on Cyber Sovereignty appeared on the 15th of November All of us, citizens or businesses, in the real world are subject to some form or other of government regulation. There are checks and balances on our freedoms, and violations of…
This piece on Twitter banning Political Ads appeared on the 7th of November Last week, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the platform will not carry any paid political ads. He tweeted “We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on…
This piece on RCEP appeared on the 1st of November: On Diwali day, farmer groups in multiple states in India protested the RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) – a proposed free trade agreement between ASEAN- that has 10 member countries – and…
This piece on Hunger and Climate Change appeared on October 16th In 1980, there were 133,000 natural disasters in the world; In 2015 there were 282,000. As climatic patterns across the world change, disasters caused by climate change are on the rise,…
This was published on October 11th President Xi of China, and Prime Minister Modi of India are all set to meet again, in the second set of informal talks between the leaders of the two nations. The first was held in the…
This was published on the 3rd of October. Every year, on October 2nd, Gandhi gets moved out of the mothballs we stored him in for the rest of the year, dusted, and venerated. And, then when the day is over, he gets…
This piece on Greta Thunberg was published on September 26th The 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist, in a fiery speech at the United Nations, spoke about how the older generation, and powers that be have ruined the future for her generation, by ruthlessly…
This appeared on the 12th of September Unless you are the President of the United States, or some such exalted position that allows you to be out of touch with reality, it is really impossible for sane and rational people to ignore…
This appeared on September 5th It has been one month since article 370 was abrogated, the state of Jammu and Kashmir bifurcated, and a virtual communication clampdown imposed on the people of Kashmir. On the reportage out of Kashmir there are mixed…
This appeared on 30th August India abrogated Article 370 and 35a, that gave the state of Jammu and Kashmir special status within the Indian Union, on the 5th of August. Simultaneously the state was bifurcated into two Union territories – Jammu and…